Friends and supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden have been gently suggesting to him and to campaign officials that perhaps he should make fewer campaign appearances, thus lessening the likelihood of Mr. Biden making more high profile gaffes, as he did repeatedly last week in Iowa.
If you want to feel old, just stick around for the next sentence. Dave Barry is now in his 70s.
NFL action -- or at least the facsimile known as exhibition football -- returned to FedEx Field Thursday for the first time since December, when Philadelphia laid a 24-0 whupping on the Washington Redskins.
We are electing unqualified people to political offices based on their ability to master the output of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Never before in our history have we seen the level of divisiveness and hate rhetoric that is now rampant throughout the country. A congressional representative calls for people to get in the face of Republicans. Another publicizes a list of Trump donors, endangering the donors and their families. Administration officials are accosted while at restaurants. Rioters disrupt congressional hearings and call for the Senate majority leader to be killed, right in front of his home. The president is blamed for mass shootings and falsely accused of being a racist.
President Trump assures Americans regularly that he has a "great relationship" with an array of world figures, among them Xi Jinping of China and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. It's comforting to hear. It would be more gratifying, though, to see these relationships bear fruit. Try as he might, the president has been stymied in his efforts to seal crucial deals with his Asian counterparts. Americans may be subject to creeping doubts, but there is no substitute for persistence.
An omnivorous British pal of mine loved the special dish his mother always served up at winter feasts -- except for the gristle. So be it with this hearty novel, a hunt-board of a thriller rich in historical meat if, for my taste, too grisly by half.
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